{"id":5,"date":"2021-08-29T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highsidesingers.co.uk\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-02-11T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:12:47","slug":"welcome-to-the-highside-singers-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highsidesingers.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>CHOIR OPEN DAY<br>24th Feb, 14:00-16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Have you&#8217;ve ever thought you might like to sing in a choir, but not been sure what it is like, or whether you are up to it? Come to the Mechanics for a taster session on Saturday 24 February. <br>We will be looking at songs from <em>Oliver!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>ALL WELCOME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Highside Singers<\/strong> is a community choir based in Kirkby Malzeard: rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm from September to June in the Mechanics Institute (before Covid we were in the Methodist Chapel).The choir perform about 6 concerts every year in local village halls, churches and chapels.The singers enjoy learning and performing a wide range of music from Elgar and John Rutter to The Beatles and Abba .Over the years the choir has raised many thousands of pounds for various charities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The musical director is <strong>Keith Dale<\/strong>, currently Organist and Director of Music at St John the Baptist church in Newcastle. Under Keith&#8217;s leadership and inspiring tuition the choir has gone from strength to strength ably supported by our accompanist Diana Critchley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHOIR OPEN DAY24th Feb, 14:00-16:00 Have you&#8217;ve ever thought you might like to sing in a choir, but not been sure what it is like, or whether you are up to it? 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